Amusement bomb.



PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905.

R. STRESAU.

AMUSEMENT BOMB.

APPLICATION FILED MAYS, 1905.

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AMUSEMENT BOMB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed May 6, 1905. Serial No. 259,203.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD STRESAU, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Bombs, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to that class of amusement device for throwing and scattering confetti over a considerable area and volume of space. Heretofore such devices have been entirely of a local character, by which I mean that the confetti is scatterable only from the location at which the thrower stands.

The object of my invention is to cause the confetti to be thrown to a distance, as up into the air, in a solid mass, and when at a distance from the discharger to burst into a shower for producing a shower of confetti, which being taken by the breeze, if any, will produce a very much prettier effect and amusement. If desired, the device may be discharged from some kind of a weapon, as a popgun or other well known arrangement for projecting missiles into the air; but such. projecting instruments are not shown, as they have nothing to do with the novelty or operation of the invention, as one may throw the device into the air by hand.

My invention consists without regard to the scope of novelty, which is attended to in the claims hereinafter annexed, of an explosive-bomb, and this bomb consists of a hollow ball or shell, conveniently of paper, filled with confetti, and an explosive mixture and means by which the mixture may be ignited at a distance from the one who throws the bomb, said mixture consistin accordingly, of a slow fuse, which extends from the bomb and connects inside thereof with the explosive mixture.

All the details are represented in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the complete bomb. Fig. 2 is a central section of the same.

The construction is made up of the paper bag A, containing confetti B, and a firecracker C, which is representative of a mixture adapted to be exploded when ignited, a slow fuse D, extending through the mouth of the bag from the fire-cracker, and a ligature E for tying up the mouth of the bag, so as to confine the confetti.

The operation is as follows: When the fuse E is ignited by any convenient flame, the bag is held the same as a fire-cracker until the fuse burns down to near the mouth of the bag. The whole bomb is then thrown violently into the atmosphere or to a distance or from a window of a house or over a procession or any other desirable point. The fuse continues to burn, and at about the time when the bomb reaches its greatest height or distance from the thrower it will burst violently and-the confetti will be forcibly scattered and fall in a shower like so much snow.

I claim as my invention- 1. An amusement bomb consisting of the combination of an explosive mixture, a mass of confetti surrounding said mixture, a homogeneous paper shell inclosing the confetti, and a time-fuse extending from said mixture to the outside of said shell.

2. An amusement bomb consisting of the combination of a paper bag, confetti therein, and a fire-cracker within the confetti and having its stem extending to the outside of said bag, said stem consisting of a time-fuse. 3. An amusement bomb consisting of the combination of a paper bag, confetti therein, an explosive mixture within the confetti, a fuse extending from the mixture to the outside of the bag through a hole in the bag, and a ligature for closing the hole to prevent said confetti from falling out.

In testimony whereof signed my name and affixed my seal this day of May, A. D. 1905.

RICHARD STRESAU. Witnesses:

RoB'r. S. SUTLIFFE, FRED W. APGAR.

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